I have an NZXT H440 case which I'd like to keep fairly ventilated, and with a slightly positive air pressure (to keep dust from coming in through cracks and the back panel). I'm currently planning to have:
As you see, all exhaust fans will be mounted on radiators, which I figured will restrict airflow to the degree that the case will have a positive pressure (even though 4 fans are operating as exhaust and only 3 as intake). Does that make sense?
As an aside, do you think the radiators will be effective in this scenario, dispersing heat from an i7 CPU (I'm waiting on the i7-7700k) and a single GPU (GTX1080)? (Note that mounting a radiator on the front fans will block my HDD trays--which I'm not sure I'll be using but would like to keep my options open. Also, those are the only fans which are protected by dust filters.)
Intake: 3 NF-P12 fans as intake in the front (behind dust filters and a rather restrictive front panel).
Exhaust: 3 NF-P12 fans as on an EK-CoolStream SE 360 radiator on the top of the case (slim radiator due to MB clearance; the top panel is also a somewhat restrictive) & a single NF-A14 fan on an EK-CoolStream CE 140 radiator on the back.
As you see, all exhaust fans will be mounted on radiators, which I figured will restrict airflow to the degree that the case will have a positive pressure (even though 4 fans are operating as exhaust and only 3 as intake). Does that make sense?
As an aside, do you think the radiators will be effective in this scenario, dispersing heat from an i7 CPU (I'm waiting on the i7-7700k) and a single GPU (GTX1080)? (Note that mounting a radiator on the front fans will block my HDD trays--which I'm not sure I'll be using but would like to keep my options open. Also, those are the only fans which are protected by dust filters.)